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ABSTRACT

An imaging lens comprising, in sequence from the object side to the image side: an aperture diaphragm, a first lens, a second diaphragm, and a second lens; the first lens consisting of a meniscus-shaped lens having positive power with a concave face oriented towards the object side; the second lens consisting of a meniscus-shaped lens with a concave face oriented towards the image side; wherein at least one face of the first lens is an aspherical face, and one or more faces of the second lens is an aspherical face, in such a manner that the imaging lens as a whole is a lens system comprising at least two aspherical faces, and satisfying each of the following condition equations (1), (2), (3). 
     
       
         0.01&lt;| f   1   |/|f   2 |&lt;0.6  (1) 
       
     
     
       
         0.3 f&lt;|R   2 |&lt;0.6 f   (2) 
       
     
     
       
         0.5 f&lt;D   0 &lt;1.5 f   (3)

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a monitor lens for a portabletelephone, a monitor lens for a PDA or PC, and an imaging lens used in atelevision camera, or the like, using CCD and CMOS devices.

2. Description of Related Art

It has been proposed to use plastic lenses, and lenses permitting costreduction and compactification, for imaging lenses for CCDs of thiskind.

However, although it is certainly possible to achieve reduction in thenumber of lenses and size reductions, there have been observed lenseswherein, even if a shorter optical path is successfully achieved, thedistortion aberration is increased, and the subject becomes distorted,or lenses wherein the outer diameter of the lens is increased, or theoverall length is increased, in order to correct distortion aberration,or other aberrations, and hence compactification cannot be achieved.

In the future, cameras with imaging systems using CCD or CMOS devices,will become extremely small, and hence there will be demand forextremely short optical paths in the associated optical systems.

The prior art cannot be seen as providing compactification andsatisfactorily contributing to aberration compensation in order toobtain suitable aberration corresponding to the compactification.

From here on, cameras using CCD and CMOS devices will becomeincreasingly compactified, and optical lens systems used in miniatureequipment, such as portable telephones, PDA equipment, and the like,will have shorter optical paths than lenses of this kind in the priorart, and furthermore, such lenses will not be usable unless distortionaberration is also corrected.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an extremely smallimaging lens having a short optical path, low distortion aberration andhigh performance, which can be used in cameras, televisions, and thelike, using CCD and CMOS devices, and comprises a small number oflenses, namely, a two-lens composition, whilst maintaining a luminosityof approximately f2.8.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an imaginglens which achieves weight reduction by constituting all of the lens bymeans of plastic material.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to achieve the aforementioned objects, in the presentinvention, the lens system is constituted as described below (see FIG.1).

Namely, the imaging lens according to the present invention comprises,in sequence from the object side to the image side: an aperturediaphragm, a meniscus-shaped first lens having positive power with aconcave face oriented towards the object side, a diaphragm, and ameniscus-shaped second lens having a concave face oriented towards theimage side, and hence the lens comprises a total of two lenses, namely,the first lens and the second lens.

In the present invention, by adopting a lens system wherein at least oneface of the first lens is an aspherical face, and one or more faces ofthe second lens is an aspherical face, in such a manner that the imaginglens as a whole is a lens system comprising at least two asphericalfaces, good aberration values are obtained, and furthermore, effectiveuse of plastic can be used when employing plastic lenses.

In the present invention, in addition to the shape characteristics, thefollowing compositional conditions, (1), (2) and (3) must be satisfied.

0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂|<0.6  (1)

0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6f  (2)

0.5f<D ₀<1.5f  (3)

where

f: focal length of whole lens

f₁: focal length of first lens

f₂: focal length of second lens

D₀: distance from the aperture diaphragm face to the second face ofsecond lens (total central length of lens)

R₂: radius of curvature of image side of first lens

In the present invention, the first and second lenses may both be madefrom glass or from resin.

Moreover, in the present invention, both faces of the first lens may beaspherical faces, and the second face of the second lens may be anaspherical face.

According to the present invention, a lens for a CCD or CMOS device isconstituted by means of a small number of lenses, namely, a two-lenscomposition, and in order to achieve suitable brightness in a compactstructure, aspherical faces are employed in at least two of the lensfaces.

Condition (1) determines the power distribution of the first lens andsecond lens, and if the value of |f₁|/|f₂| becomes less than the minimumlimit in condition, then the power of the first lens will strengthen andthe power of the second lens will weaken, and consequently, it willbecome difficult to correct spherical face aberration, coma aberration,and distortion aberration generated by the first lens.

Moreover, if the value of |f₁|/|f₂| exceeds the maximum limit ofcondition (1), then the power of the first lens weakens, and in order toshorten the focal length (f) and back focus (bf), it is necessary toincrease the power of the second lens, thereby making it more difficultto correct distortion aberration and coma aberration generated by thesecond lens, and hence a good image cannot be obtained.

Condition (2) ensures that a suitable optical length is obtained, whilstmaintaining good aberration.

If the minimum limit is exceeded, then the radius of curvature of imageside of the first lens will form a strongly convex face, meaning thatspherical face aberration, coma aberration, and distortion aberrationwill increase, and it will be difficult to correct this aberration, evenif an aspherical surface is adopted.

Moreover, in a lens having a short focal length (f), the radius ofcurvature will become too small and will become impossible to process.

If the upper limit is exceeded, then the radius of curvature of imageside of the first lens forms a weak convex surface, and the power of thefirst lens will weaken, thereby making it difficult to adjust thecorrection of aberration in the first lens, the focal length (f), andthe length of the optical path.

Even if R2 is formed as an aspherical face, it is difficult to correctaberration in this face, and ultimately, good images cannot be obtained.

Condition (3) stipulates the size of the lens system, whilstsimultaneously maintaining the peripheral amount of light, and if thetotal length of the lens (D₀) is less than the lower limit of condition(3), then in the case of a meniscus-shaped lens, the Petzval sum willincrease, which is undesirable. Moreover, if the focal length isadjusted by reducing the radius of curvature of the second face (R2) ofthe first lens in order to lengthen the focal length of the whole lenssystem, then the spherical face aberration, coma aberration anddistortion aberration will increase, and it will not be possible toobtain a good image.

If the total length of the lens (D₀) exceeds the maximum limit of thecondition (3), then the lens as a whole will be long and the ratio ofperipheral light will decline. In order to correct this, the externaldiameter of the second lens must be increased, but the increased overalllength and external dimensions of the lens make it difficult to achievecompactification.

By means of the three conditions (1) to (3) above, a compact imaginglens having excellent properties is obtained.

Moreover, the first lens may be formed by a double-convex lens havingpositive power wherein both convex faces are oriented towards the objectside. In this case, no diaphragm is provided between the first lens andthe second lens. The remaining composition and conditions according tothe present invention may be adopted in this case.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will be better understood from the following description takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a compositional diagram of an imaging lens according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 2(A) is an optical diagram and FIGS. 2(B) to 2(E) are aberrationcharts showing a first embodiment of an imaging lens according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 3(A) is an optical diagram and FIGS. 3(B) to 3(E) are aberrationcharts showing a second embodiment of an imaging lens according to thepresent invention;

FIG. 4(A) is an optical diagram and FIGS. 4(B) to 4(E) are aberrationcharts showing a third embodiment of an imaging lens according to thepresent invention; and

FIG. 5(A) is an optical diagram and FIGS. 5(B) to 5(E) are aberrationcharts showing a fourth embodiment of an imaging lens according to thepresent invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The inventions will be described hereinbelow with reference to thedrawings showing respective embodiments. Incidentally, the drawings tobe referred show merely schematic arrangement of the respectiveconstituent elements on such a level that the inventions can beunderstood.

FIG. 1 is a compositional diagram of an imaging lens according to thepresent invention.

Table 1 to Table 4 show compositional data relating to a firstembodiment to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

TABLE 1 Compositional data (Embodiment 1) Radius of Refractive Abbe'scurvature (R1) Interval (di) index (ni) constant (νi) Diaphragm 0.00 d1= 0.100 R1 = −2.748 d2 = 1.300 n2 = 1.53 v2 = 56 R2 = −0.9533 d3 = 0.000Diaphragm 0.00 d4 = 0.150 R3 = 1.389 d5 = 0.800 n5 = 1.53 v5 = 56 R4 =0.88 d6 = 0.600 R5 = 0.00 d7 = 0.500 n7 = 1.52 Cover glass R6 = 0.00Paraxial data Combined focal length f = 2.053 mm Fno (numericalaperture) = 2.8 Aspherical surface coefficients R1 K = A= 0.1229 B =−0.907 C = D = 0.2168e + 2 −0.2948 0.698e + 1 R2 K = −0.334 A = B = C =D = 0.3336e − 1 0.177e − 2 −0.26e − 0.5084e − 2 1 R3 K = A = B = C = D =−0.6318 −0.47e − 1 0.177e − 1 0.866e − 3 −0.272e − 2 R4 K = −0.634 A = B= C = D = −0.82e − 1 −0.75e − 1 0.1066 −0.347e − 1

TABLE 2 Compositional data (Embodiment 2) Radius of Refractive Abbe'scurvature (R1) Interval (di) index (ni) constant (νi) Diaphragm 0.00 d1= 0.300 R1 = −2.3255 d2 = 1.000 n2 = 1.492 v2 = 57.8 R2 = −1.4641 d3 =0.000 Diaphragm 0.00 d4 = 0.300 R3 = 1.6665 d5 = 0.800 n5 = 1.492 v5 =57.8 R4 = 2.1337 d6 = 0.800 R5 = 0.00 d7 = 1.000 n7 = 1.516 Cover glassR6 = 0.00 Paraxial data Combined focal length f = 3.293 mm Fno(numerical aperture) = 2.8 Aspherical surface coefficients R1 K = 0.8415A = B = C = D = −0.295e − −0.6535e − 0.1173 −0.536e − 1 1 1 R2 K =0.1186 A = B = −0.1293 C = D = 0.3566e − 0.1385 −0.7014e − 1 1 R3 K = A= B = C = D = −0.4043e − 0.176e − 1 −0.4755e − −0.8826e − 0.333e − 2 1 22 R4 K = A = B = C = D = 0.1593e + 1 0.5294e − −0.1333e − −0.8351e −−0.4133e − 1 1 3 2

TABLE 3 Compositional data (Embodiment 3) Radius of Refractive Abbe'scurvature (R1) Interval (di) index (ni) constant (νi) Diaphragm 0.00 d1= 0.300 R1 = −2.1142 d2 = 1.000 n2 = 1.492 v2 = 57.8 R2 = −1.110 d3 =0.000 Diaphragm 0.00 d4 = 0.300 R3 = 1.6803 d5 = 0.800 n5 = 1.492 v5 =57.8 R4 = 1.4499 d6 = 0.800 R5 = 0.000 d7 = 1.000 n7 = 1.516 Cover glassR6 = 0.000 Paraxial data Combined focal length f = 2.96 mm Fno(numerical aperture) = 2.8 Aspherical surface coefficients R1 K = A =−0.113 B = C = −0.5337 D = 0.3025 −0.100e + 1 −0.1816 R2 K = A = B = C =0.2646 D = −0.1946 −0.100e + 1 −0.4206e − −0.2084 1 R3 K = A = B = C = D= −0.100e + 1 −0.1247e − 0.106e − 1 −0.3786e − 0.9773e− 3 1 2 R4 K = A =B = C = D = −0.100e + 1 −0.1381e − 0.2549e − −0.1705e − 0.5139e − 2 1 11

TABLE 4 Compositional data (Embodiment 4) Radius of Refractive Abbe'scurvature (R1) Interval (di) index (ni) constant (νi) Diaphragm 0.00 d1= 0.184 R1 = 5.00 d2 = 1.400 n2 = 1.53 v2 = 56.0 R2 = −1.66 d3 = 0.05 R3= 9.54 d4 = 0.78 v4 = 56.0 R4 = 2.08 d5 = 0.80 n5 = 1.53 R5 = 0.00 d6 =0.50 Cover glass R6 = 0.00 n6 = 1.493 Paraxial data Combined focallength f = 3.624 mm Fno (numerical aperture) = 2.8 Aspherical surfacecoefficients R1 K = A = B = C = D = −0.399e + 2 −0.347e − 1 −0.136e − 10.198e − 3 0.195e − 1 R2 K = A = B = C = D = −0.939e − 1 0.132e − 1−0.387e − 2 −0.268e − −0.784e − 3 2 R3 K = A = B = C = D = −0.313e + 1−0.653e − 2 0.224e − 2 0.123e − 3 −0.881e − 3 R4 K = A = B = C = D =0.788e − 1 0.122e − 1 −0.548e − 2 −0.186e − 0.65e − 3 2

In the respective embodiments, an imaging lens 10 may include a lenssystem 20 and/or a cover glass G. The lens system 20 includes a firstlens L1 and a second lens L2. In the drawings, a reference character ISshows an image surface, the face numbers correspond to the respectivelenses(the first lens L1 and the second lens L2), and the like (a coverglass G), counting in sequence from the subject.

Taking the face number as i, the variables in the respective diagramsand tables are as follows:

Ri: radius of curvature of face i (radius of curvature at axis in thecase of aspherical surface);

di: distance from face i to face i+1

ni: refractive index of medium present at di

vi : dispersion of medium present at di.

The aspherical data is shown together with the face number in thebottommost column of Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4.

The zero curvature of radius of the aperture diaphragm AD and reardiaphragm i.e. second diaphragm BD indicate that the radius of curvatureis infinite.

The refractive index indicates the refractive index of ray d (587.56nm), and the Abbe's constant indicates the dispersion thereof.

In the aberration charts in FIGS. 2(B) to 2(E), FIGS. 3(B) to 3(E),FIGS. 4(B) to 4(E) and FIGS. 5(B) to 5(E), reference numeral 1 relatesto a wavelength of 587.56 nm, reference numeral 2 relates to awavelength of 480.0 nm, and reference numeral 3 relates to a wavelengthof 650.0 nm.

The aberration data shown in FIGS. 2(B) to 2(E) were obtained under afollowing condition.

Fno: 2.800, f1: 2.053 (mm), DEFOCUS: 0.000 (mm) and IMAGE HIGHT(H):1.315 (mm), 0.920 (mm), 0.657 (mm) and 0.000 (mm).

The aberration data shown in FIGS. 3(B) to 3(E) were obtained under afollowing condition.

Fno: 2.805, f1: 3.293 (mm), DEFOCUS: 0.000 (mm) and IMAGE HIGHT(H):2.250 (mm), 1.575 (mm), 1.124 (mm) and 0.000 (mm).

The aberration data shown in FIGS. 4(B) to 4(E) were obtained under afollowing condition.

Fno: 2.805, f1: 2.960 (mm), DEFOCUS: 0.000 (mm) and IMAGE HIGHT(H):2.251 (mm), 1.575 (mm), 1.125 (mm) and 0.000 (mm).

The aberration data shown in FIGS. 5(B) to 5(E) were obtained under afollowing condition.

Fno: 2.800, f1: 3.624 (mm), DEFOCUS: 0.000 (mm) and IMAGE HIGHT(H):2.240 (mm), 1.792 (mm), 1.344 (mm) and 0.000 (mm).

Further, FIGS. 2(B), 3(B), 4(B) and 5(B) show coma aberrations. FIGS.2(C), 3(C), 4(C) and 5(C) show astignatism aberrations. FIGS. 2(D),3(D), 4(D) and 5(D) show distortion aberrations. FIGS. 2(E), 3(E), 4(E)and 5(E) show spherical aberrations.

The front end of the curve indicating the astigmatism and distortionaberration in FIGS. 2(C) and 2(D) is situated 1.315 mm from the centre.

The front end of the curve indicating the astigmatism and distortionaberration in FIGS. 3(C) and 3(D) and FIGS. 4(C) and 4(D) is situated2.25 mm from the centre.

The front end of the curve indicating the astigmatism and distortionaberration in FIGS. 5(C) and 5(D) is situated 2.24 mm from the centre.

The aspherical faces used in the present invention are given by thefollowing equation.

(Equation 1) $\begin{matrix}{Z = {{{ch}^{2}/\left\lbrack {1 + \left( {1 - {\left( {1 + K} \right)c^{2}h^{2}}} \right)^{{+ 1}/2}} \right\rbrack} +}} \\{{{{A\quad h^{4}} + {Bh}^{6} + {Ch}^{8} + {Dh}^{10}},{where}}}\end{matrix}$

Z: depth of face apex from contact plane

c: paraxial curvature of face

h: height from optical axis

K: conical constant

A: 4^(th) order aspherical coefficient

B: 6^(th) order aspherical coefficient

C: 8^(th) order aspherical coefficient

D: 10^(th) order aspherical coefficient

In the numerical figures representing aspherical face constants in therespective tables of this application, the denomination, “e−1”, forexample, indicates the −1th power of 10.

Below, the characteristic features of the respective embodiments aredescribed.

The lens according to the first embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 2(A)and having the compositional data illustrated in Table 1, employs Zeonex(480R), which is a thermoresistant resin, for a first lens (L1) andsecond lens (L2). Zeonex is a trade name of Zeon Co. Ltd., and 480R is amodel number.

Both faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the first lens (L1) andboth faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the second lens (L2) areaspherical, the first lens having a positive power and the second lenshaving a negative power.

Combined focal length f=2.053 mm

Focal length of first lens (L1) f₁=2.20 mm

Focal length of second lens (L2) f₂=9.95 mm

Distance from face of aperture diaphragm AD to second face of secondlens (total central length of lens)D₀=2.35 mm

Radius of curvature of image side of first lens (L1) R2=−0.9533

By inserting the foregoing values into the respective equations (1) to(3) above, the following equations are obtained.

0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂<0.6→0.01<0.22<0.6

0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6f→0.6159<0.9533<1.2318

0.5f<D ₀<1.5f→1.0265<2.35<3.0795

With the lens according to the first embodiment, the various aberrationdata are as indicated in FIGS. 2(B), 2(C), 2(D) and 2(E) and a goodimage is obtained.

A second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3(A) and having thecompositional data shown in Table 2 employs acrylic (PMMA) for thematerial of the whole lens.

Both faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the first lens (L1) andboth faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the second lens (L2) areaspherical and both the first lens and second lens have positive power.

Combined focal length f=3.293 mm

Focal length of first lens (L1) f₁=5.81 mm

Focal length of second lens (L2) f₂=9.89 mm

Distance from face of aperture diaphragm AD to second face of secondlens (total central length of lens) D₀=2.4 mm

Radius of curvature of image side of first lens (L1) R2=−1.4641 mm

By inserting the foregoing values into the respective equations (1) to(3) above, the following equations are obtained.

0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂|<0.6→0.01<0.587<0.6

 0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6f→0.9879<1.4641<1.9758

0.5f<D ₀<1.5f→1.6465<2.4<4.9395

With the lens according to the second embodiment, the various aberrationdata are as indicated in FIGS. 3(B), 3(C), 3(D) and 3(E) and a goodimage is obtained.

A third embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4(A) and having the compositionaldata shown in Table 3 employs acrylic (PMMA) as the material for thewhole lens.

Both faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the first lens (L1) andboth faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the second lens (L2) areaspherical, the first lens having a positive power and the second lenshaving a negative power.

Combined focal length f=2.96 mm

Focal length of first lens (L1) f₁=3.58 mm

Focal length of second lens (L2) f₂=148.46 mm

Distance from face of aperture diaphragm AD to second face of secondlens (total central length of lens) D₀=2.4 mm

Radius of curvature of image side of first lens (L1) R2=−1.11 mm

By inserting the foregoing values into the respective equations (1) to(3) above, the following equations are obtained.

0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂<0.6→0.01<0.024<0.6

0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6f→0.888<1.11<1.776

0.5f<D ₀<1.5f→1.48<2.4<4.44

With the lens according to the third embodiment, the various aberrationdata are as indicated in FIGS. 4(B), 4(C), 4(D) and 4(E) and a goodimage is obtained.

The lens according to a fourth embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 5(A)and having the compositional data shown in Table 4 employs Zeonex (E48R)as the material for the whole lens. Zeonex is a trade name of Zeon Co.Ltd., and E48R is a model number.

Both faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the first lens (L1) andboth faces (i.e. the first and second faces) of the second lens (L2) areaspherical, the first lens having a positive power and the second lenshaving a negative power.

Combined focal length f=3.624 mm

Focal length of first lens (L1) f₁=2.54 mm

Focal length of second lens (L2) f₂=−5.21 mm

Distance from face of aperture diaphragm AD to second face of secondlens (total central length of lens)D₀=2.414 mm

Radius of curvature of image side of first lens (L1) R2=−1.66 mm

By inserting the foregoing values into the respective equations (1) to(3) above, the following equations are obtained.

0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂|<0.6→0.01<0.488<0.6

0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6f→1.087<1.66<2.174

0.5f<D ₀<1.5f→1.812<2.414<5.436

With the lens according to the fourth embodiment, the various aberrationdata are as indicated in FIGS. 5(B), 5(C), 5(D) and 5(E) and a goodimage is obtained.

Moreover, although plastic lenses were used in all of the first tofourth embodiments, it is also possible to use so-called “molded glass”having an equivalent refractive index, for these lenses.

As described in detail above, the imaging lens according to the presentinvention has a simple two-group, two-lens composition, but by makingpositive use of plastic lenses, it is possible to achieve an extremelysmall lens having a short optical length and low distortion aberration,which can be used in cameras, televisions, and the like, usinghigh-performance CMOS and CCD devices. Moreover, since the whole of theimaging lens is made from plastic material, it is possible to reduce theoverall weight of the imaging lens.

What is claimed is:
 1. An imaging lens comprising, in sequence from theobject side to the image side: an aperture diaphragm, a first lens, asecond diaphragm, and a second lens; said first lens consisting of ameniscus-shaped lens having positive power with a concave face orientedtowards the object side; and said second lens consisting of ameniscus-shaped lens with a concave face oriented towards the imageside; wherein at least one face of said first lens is an asphericalface, and one or more faces of said second lens is an aspherical face,in such a manner that said imaging lens as a whole is a lens systemcomprising at least two aspherical faces, and satisfying each of thefollowing condition equations (1), (2), (3) 0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂|<0.6  (1)0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6  (2) 0.5f<D ₀<1.5f  (3) where, f: a focal length of thewhole lens f₁: focal length of first lens f₂: focal length of secondlens D₀: distance from the aperture diaphragm face to the second face ofsecond lens (total central length of lens) R₂: radius of curvature ofimage side of first lens.
 2. The imaging lens according to claim 1,wherein said first lens and second lens are both made from plastic. 3.The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein said second lens hasnegative power.
 4. The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein saidsecond lens has positive power.
 5. An imaging lens comprising, insequence from the object side to the image side: an aperture diaphragm,a first lens and a second lens; said first lens consisting of a doubleconvex-shaped lens having positive power with a convex face orientedtowards the object side; said second lens consisting of ameniscus-shaped lens with a concave face oriented towards the imageside; wherein at least one face of said first lens is an asphericalface, and one or more faces of said second lens is an aspherical face,in such a manner that said imaging lens as a whole is a lens systemcomprising at least two aspherical faces, and satisfying each of thefollowing condition equations (1), (2), (3): 0.01<|f ₁ |/|f ₂|<0.6  (1)0.3f<|R ₂|<0.6f  (2) 0.5f<D ₀<1.5f  (3) where, f: focal length of wholelens f₁: focal length of first lens f₂: focal length of second lens D₀:distance from the aperture diaphragm face to the second face of secondlens (total central length of lens) R₂: radius of curvature of imageside of first lens.
 6. The imaging lens according to claim 5, whereinsaid first lens and second lens are both made from plastic.
 7. Theimaging lens according to claim 5, wherein said second lens has negativepower.
 8. The imaging lens according to claim 5, wherein said secondlens has positive power.